Frederick Walter Hyndman (February 13, 1904 – October 12, 1995) was an insurance company executive and political figure on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

. He served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island is the viceregal representative in Prince Edward Island of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her...

 from March 1958 to August 1963.

He was born in Charlottetown

Charlottetown

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, the son of Walter Eardley Hyndman and Winnifred Sarah Cotton, and was educated at Prince of Wales College

Prince of Wales College

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. In 1934, Hyndman married Norah Cecile Shannon. He served as a major during World War II

World War II

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. Hyndman ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in the riding of 5th Queens in 1955.

He was president of Hyndman & Company Ltd (established in 1872).